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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Jackson, MS

May 2, 1997Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 2, 1997, 8:42 PM CDT for Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 1997, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 1997, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Sunflower County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1997-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1002 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1997-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1002 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
8.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 030144 RRA
TORJAN
MSC133-030230-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
842 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SUNFLOWER COUNTY
 
AT 841 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF INDIANOLA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...AND WILL
MOVE NEAR SUNFLOWER BY 9 PM.
 
FUNNEL CLOUDS AND LARGE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  MOVE QUICKLY TO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST 8FLOOR.
AVOID WINDOWS.  LEAVE CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWashington52 min
May 2, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Webster48 min
May 2, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes41 min
May 2, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChoctaw45 min
May 2, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll49 min
May 2, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha44 min
May 2, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSunflower42 min
May 2, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery46 min
May 2, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington47 min
May 2, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Webster43 min
May 2, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes41 min
May 2, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha57 min
May 2, 8:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery3 hr
May 2, 8:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANOktibbeha, Webster3 hr
May 2, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Montgomery51 min
May 2, 9:04 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeflore41 min
May 2, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChoctaw51 min
May 2, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada48 min
May 2, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery29 min
May 2, 9:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Choctaw3 hr
May 2, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha40 min
May 2, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster49 min
May 2, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore41 min
May 2, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington54 min
May 2, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower46 min
May 2, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore52 min
May 2, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada48 min
May 2, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll51 min
May 2, 11:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada, Webster3 hr
May 2, 11:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANOktibbeha3 hr
May 3, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin43 min
May 3, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery54 min
May 3, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren, Yazoo41 min
May 3, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison42 min
May 3, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Rankin49 min
May 3, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott53 min
May 3, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba50 min
May 3, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee53 min
May 3, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton63 min
May 3, 3:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale44 min
May 3, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke42 min
May 3, 4:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion53 min
May 3, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones45 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.